Hanger or wall-pin.



A. C- BECKER.

HANGER 0R WALL PIN;

APPLICATION m:

0 NOV. 8.1916.

Patented July 31, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

ADOLPH C. BECKER, 0F OAKVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WATERBURY MFG 00., OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HANGER. on WALL-PIN. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1916. Serial No. 130,132.

clear, and exact description of the same, and

which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a view in side elevation of a hanger or wall-pin embodying my invention, and shown as applied to a wall which is shown in section.

Fig. 2 a view of the same in front elevation.

Fig. 3 a view of the same in vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 a detached rear View of the hangerbody.

My invention relates to an improvement in hangers or wall-pins for use in hanging pictures and other articles upon walls, the object being to produce at a low cost for manufacture, a simple, convenient, effective and unobtrusive article for the purpose mentioned.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a hanger or wall-pin having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I form a sheet-metal hanger-bodycomprising a tubular hanger-shank i, a circular base 5 at the inner end thereof, and a circular flange 6 at the outer end thereof, the said shank 4 being upwardly inclined with respect to the plane of the base 5 the edge of which is turned rearward and inward over and upon the edge of a diskshaped back-plate 7 to form a retaining flange therefor. With the structure described, I employ any ordinary nail, such as a wire finishing nail 8, formed at its outer end with a head 9 and having its inner end pointed as at 10. This nail is passed through the concentric openin 11 in .the flange 6, through the hollow -s ank 4, and through the back-plate 7 at the point12 I therein, this point being, as shown, though not necessarily, below the center of the backplate 7 It is immaterial whether the nail 8 pierces the plate 7 or whether the plate is initially formed wlth a perforation for the subsequent reception of the nail. In either event, the back-plate'7 serves to prevent the nail from wabbling with respect to the hanger-body. The base of the hanger-body Patented July 31, 191 a. 1

bears upon the face 13 of the wall 14 so as to brace the hanger, whereby a considerable weight may be suspended from it, notwithstanding the fact that the structure is relatively light and the nail relatively small. Preferably the nail will be passed through the back-plate 7 below the center thereofsince the greater the inclination of the nail, the greater its holding power. The hangershank 4: shouldhave sufiicient pitch to cause the picture-cord or wire to ride down upon it and, "as it were, hug the wall. If preferred, the back-plate 7 may, in the produc-' tion of the article, be merely pricked for the reception of the nail so that when the same is driven, the metal will surround it closely and hold it more firmly in place. In either event, the back-plate 7 will stiffen the structure and guard against the rupture of the plaster at the point where the nail enters the same. 7

I claim As a new article of manufacture, a hanger o'r wall-pin, comprising a tubular sheetmetal shank formed at its upper outer end with a bearing-flange having a concentric opening and provided at its'lower inner end with a circular flange-like base. from which the said tubular shank extends upwardly at an angle and the edge of which is turned rearwardly and inwardly to form a retaining-flange, .and an independently formed 

